Legal Technology Events

For lawyers serving cryptocurrency clients, or clients with legal issues revolving around crypto, a recently released white paper may be the new crypto-lawyer’s bible. The ABA’s Derivatives and Futures Law Committee’s Innovative Digital Products and Process Subcommittee Jurisdiction Working…

The big question for every ride-share driver’s lawyer (of employee versus independent contractor) may not be any closer to getting answered by the federal court as the big driver class action case covering the issue has finally settled. Due…

When it comes to the administration of, and access to, justice, the City of San Francisco and Code for America are leading the way, at least for those individuals convicted of marijuana possession from 1975 to present. The city…

Stephen R. Williams is in-house counsel and a wishful thinker. He doesn’t believe the pundits who say artificial intelligence will take many legal jobs. He says robots have a long way to go before they replace him because of…

This week, President Trump released the “Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence.” And while this had the prospect of going horribly wrong, the E.O. seems to fall flat when it comes to actually doing anything according…

The family of the victim of the country’s first autonomous vehicle pedestrian fatality has filed a lawsuit against the City of Tempe, Arizona, where the accident occurred. The case against Uber already settled. But now, the family is seeking…

If tech startups have one thing in common, it’s the ability to exploit the underemployed for profit. And while lawmakers have been slow to react when some industry is “disrupted,” the fight over how to classify the gig-economy workers…

Scooters are hitting some expensive road blocks, this time for allegedly violating disability laws. A disability rights group has sued e-scooter companies, including Bird and Lime, in San Diego. The lawsuit claims the vehicles are dangerous to people with…

Legal marijuana is on a roll, but not in one tech space. CES, the world’s largest consumer electronics convention, will not allow vendors to showcase cannabis technologies. That would be e-cigs and vapes to the non-smokers out there. It’s…

When the new year rolls around, everyone sets resolutions. Sometimes, we set resolutions for certain parts of our lives. And this being a blog dedicated to all things legal tech, we figured, why not compile a list of some…